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August 2019
War Horse puppetry workshop
Want to discover the secret to bring puppetry to life on stage? Come along and join us at our War Horse Puppetry workshops this August. Designed to give a hands-on understanding of how to create characters through puppetry and physicality. This workshop will be run by National Theatre practitioners who have worked as performers and puppeteers in the production, and is a fantastic experience for the whole family. The event is suitable for ages 7+ and lasts 90 minutes. Places…
Find out more »An event every week that begins at 12:30 pm on Tuesday and Friday, repeating until September 23, 2019
Curatorial tours of SIGNIFICANT OTHERS exhibition at Saïd Business School
Zuleika Gallery in association with the Saïd Business School in Oxford is proud to present Significant Others - an exhibition of work by Nigel Hall RA (b.1943) and his late partner Manijeh Yadegar (1951-2016), who lived and worked together for over 40 years. This exhibition will explore the intellectual and artistic dialogue between the two artists – a sculptor and a painter respectively – whose practices are both dedicated to abstraction and minimalism. The two exhibited on a number of occasions during…
Find out more »Don Quixote
Adapted and directed by Jonathan Holloway, Creation Theatre’s Don Quixote will remain faithful to Cervantes’ beautiful paean to growing old while simultaneously re-fashioning it as a fable for our times, in Oxford's Covered Market. A Honda 50cc moped represents a noble steed, a folding Formica topped camping table accommodates a great feast, the woman in accounts handing out the P45s stands-in as Dom’s unattainable beauty, Dulcinea del Toboso. Sometimes almost unbearably moving, our evening of ghosts and dreams celebrates the…
Find out more »An event every week that begins at 2:00 pm on Wednesday and Thursday, repeating until August 30, 2019
SOFO Family Open Afternoons
Walk down memory lane with your grandparents at SOFO this summer! Every Wednesday and Thursday through the school holidays, come and explore our make shift air raid shelter, take part in make do and mend activities, and just enjoy the simple things in life! Create a work of art together, cooking up a sweet treat or discover something new in one of our nostalgia trails. Parents and guardians welcome too! £2 per child, grown ups go free! Every Wednesday and…
Find out more »Pop-Up Oxford Gold Sampling Event
The Brakspear Beers team will be in the Oxford Visitor Information Centre to present their Oxford Gold brew. This pale golden beer with citrus aromas and a zesty fruity finish is perfect for a summers day and pairs well with seafood, chicken and salad dishes. Free samples will be available
Find out more »Brick Jam
Kids can come and let their imagination run wild playing with our collection of Lego & Duplo bricks. Parents can take a breather and watch a mess build that they won’t have to clear up! Suitable for all ages. Booking is essential.
Find out more »One event on July 27, 2019 at 10:00 am
One event on July 28, 2019 at 10:00 am
An event every week that begins at 10:00 am on Sunday and Saturday, repeating until August 31, 2019
Birds of Prey Demonstrations
Some birds will swoop low over your heads and some will soar high in the sky over the Park’s beautiful grounds. See a variety of different birds from eagles to owls in these exciting demonstrations by Cotswold Falconry, which take place at 1.00 p.m. and 3.30 p.m. on the lawns in front of the Manor house on the following dates... 27th-28th July Weekends in August 3rd/4th, 10th/11th, 17th/18th, 24th-26th and 31st Sunday 1st September
Find out more »September 2019
Alain de Botton – The School of Life
Blackwell's are delighted to be hosting a very special event at the Sheldonian Theatre with Alain de Botton on The School of Life: An Emotional Education. We spend years in school learning facts and figures but the one thing we’re never taught is how to live a fulfilled life. That’s why we need The School of Life – a real organisation founded ten years ago by writer and philosopher Alain de Botton, an organisation which has one simple aim: to equip…
Find out more »Agatha Christie Weekend 2019
Discover the real life of world-renowned author Agatha Christie in the ancient town of Wallingford and its neighbouring parish of Cholsey, where she lived quietly as 'Mrs Mallowan' from 1934 until her death in 1976 and wrote many of her novels. Wallingford is an historic market town on the River Thames, founded in the 9th century. Its Saxon town ramparts are the best surviving in England. Wallingford links to Cholsey through beautiful countryside with a heritage railway line and a…
Find out more »An event every day that begins at 10:00 am, repeating until September 19, 2019
Robin Stewart: The Inner Life
Robin Stewart’s work creates the feeling of an alternative world into which any of us might easily slip. The paintings, as we live with them, provoke questions about who we are and what we are doing. The collages are rhythmical, and the drawings give the people they depict a sense of timelessness. Robin, who lives in Oxford, studied art at Belfast College of Art, after which he was awarded a Boise Scholarship. He then studied for a year at The…
Find out more »Robin Stewart: The Inner Life
Robin Stewart’s work creates the feeling of an alternative world into which any of us might easily slip. The paintings, as we live with them, provoke questions about who we are and what we are doing. The collages are rhythmical, and the drawings give the people they depict a sense of timelessness.Robin, who lives in Oxford, studied art at Belfast College of Art, after which he was awarded a Boise Scholarship. He then studied for a year at The Slade…
Find out more »Down At The Abbey Festival 2019
The creators of the award-winning Are You Listening? Festival present their brand new music festival in the stunning setting of Reading Abbey Ruins. King Henry I founded Reading Abbey in 1121 and the great royal abbey was one of the largest monasteries in Europe, housing monks and religious relics for some 400 years. In 1539, on the orders of King Henry VIII, Reading Abbey was destroyed, the monks were banished, and the Abbot was hung, drawn and quartered. In recent…
Find out more »Flying Machines Day at SOFO Museum
Saturday 7 September 2019 11am to 4pm (last admission 3.45pm) Could you fly military aircraft? Drop into the museum and find out, as the Air Force Cadets invite visitors to have a go on their flight simulator. £3 per person (£2 when bought with Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum admission)
Find out more »GypsyFingers
GypsyFingers are a psychedelic & cinematic folk-rock band featuring piano, guitars, French horn, drums, keys and sweet vocal harmonies. Multi-instrumentalists Victoria Coghlan and Luke Oldfield and their band draw on a wide range of influences including folk, rock, pop, prog and psych to create a fresh sound of their own described by Maverick Magazine as “a brilliant fusion of pop and folk-rock”. Originally founded by composer/songwriter Victoria Coghlan and producer Luke Oldfield (son of Mike) GypsyFingers has blossomed to become…
Find out more »An event every day that begins at 11:00 am, repeating until September 10, 2019
St Giles’ Fair
St Giles' Fair is one of the greatest and most prestigious in the country. Opening times In 2019 the fair will take place on Monday 9 and Tuesday 10 September. It will be open from 11am to 11pm on both days. History The fair is held on the Monday and Tuesday following the first Sunday after St Giles' Day (1 September). The fair dates back to 1625 when it was a parish festival to celebrate the feast of the patron saint, St Giles. In…
Find out more »The Red Fox of Colditz
Wednesday 11th September 2019. 7.00pm – 8.30pm. Doors open 6.45pm, refreshments available. Brigadier G. de V. W. Hayes CBE details the many escapes of Lt Mike Sinclair KRRC, captured at Calais May 1940 and killed at Colditz in September 1944 on his ninth escape attempt. He never made ‘a home run’ but he spent more time free in occupied Europe than any other POW.
Find out more »An event every day that begins at 7:30 pm, repeating until September 14, 2019
Daily Bread
Robin is baking. Combining flour, water and salt, with a little help from some friendly microbes, he’ll repeat a process used around the world for over 6,000 years. Until 1961, that is, when a new industrialised process sped things up and stripped bread of much of its nutritional value. Mass-produced loaves became the norm and people forgot how to bake. Now diet culture rules, faddism and myths abound, and body-shaming is the last socially acceptable prejudice. As a natural loaf…
Find out more »One event on August 4, 2019 at 2:00 am
One event on August 18, 2019 at 2:00 am
One event on September 14, 2019 at 2:00 am
One event on October 30, 2019 at 2:00 am
One event on October 31, 2019 at 2:00 am
One event on December 8, 2019 at 2:00 am
One event on December 15, 2019 at 2:00 am
One event on January 1, 2020 at 2:00 am
Free Vintage Bus Rides
Have an interesting family day out at Oxford Bus Museum & Morris Motors Museum. Learn about bus and coach travel around the county over the last 130 years, see a collection of vintage Morris vehicles and more. Adding to the fun are vintage bus rides on selected dates during 2019. So take the family along to enjoy a journey by vintage bus. Trips will depart from Oxford Bus Museum except during Oxford Open Doors when they will leave from Oxford Railway Station.…
Find out more »Ardley Energy Recovery Facility
Discover how your rubbish is transformed into enough energy to power 54,459 homes – that’s approximately 80% of all households in Oxford. Join us for a tour around the facility and explore our award-winning interactive visitor centre to find out what happens to your non-recyclable waste after you put it in the bin. Ardley Energy Recovery Facility plays a big role in making Oxfordshire more sustainable, diverting most of the county’s domestic waste away from landfill. Ardley Energy Recovery Facility…
Find out more »Company Chordelia: The Chosen
Created and directed by Kally Lloyd-Jones, The Chosen is an intensely moving dance piece about dying and embracing the art of living. How do we choose to live in the face of the inevitable and how do we think about the final stage of our life cycle? Increasingly, as medicine advances, knowledge of imminent death has become a reality for everyone; The Chosen addresses our individual mortality from the shifting perspectives of ourselves and our loved ones. Dance Audience Club 6.30pm If you are…
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